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And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“Inquire,שְׁאַלplease,נָאof Elohim,בֵאלֹהִיםso that we may knowוְנֵדְעָהwhetherהֲour wayדַּרְכֵּנוּon whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָweאֲנַחְנוּare goingהֹלְכִיםwill prosper.”תַצְלִיחַ
Judges 18:5
Study it in the app“And they said to him, “Inquire, please, of Elohim, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will prosper.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:5, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Inquireשְׁאַלsheal
inquire
To ask YHWH what to do.
Where else “sheal” appears- of Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- so that we may knowנֵדְעָהneda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “neda” appears- our wayדַּרְכֵּdarke
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darke” appears- are goingהֹלְכִיםholchim
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appears- will prosperתַצְלִיחַtatsliach
prosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “tatsliach” appears
The context
4And he said to them, “Thus and thus Micah has done for me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way on which you are going is before YHWH.”